North Aegean islands
More than 3,500 refugees and migrants arrived in northern Aegean islands in September
A total of 3,519 refugees and migrants arrived on the northern Aegean islands during the month of September, the highest monthly arrival rate so far this year.
Lesvos received the highest number, with 2,170 arrivals, Samos 881 and Chios 567. According to the interior ministry, 13,356 is the total number of refugees and migrants currently on the islands.
Migrant flows on the rise again: 400 people arrived on the islands in one week
A total of 406 illegal immigrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands from Monday to Friday morning September 29th. The number of those who passed to the islands since September 1st, and were added to those already living there, is 3.519.
Samothraki: Two days after the disaster (SHOCKING PHOTOS)
The people of Samothraki are still trying to put their lives in order, clear the rubble from their businesses and houses.
The damages that the island sustained from the extremely heavy rainfall all through Monday night had its toll on the properties of everyone there and on the infrastructure of the island.
Nearly 2,800 Migrants have Arrived in Greece so Far this Month
Almost 500 refugees and migrants arrived on the shores of Greece's northern Aegean islands this week, taking the number of such arrivals since the beginning of September to nearly 2,800. The majority arrived on Lesvos, Ekathimerini writes.
Lesvos invests in pedal power, causes chain reaction in Greece
Lesvos has become a magnet for bicycle-riding Turkish holidaymakers this summer, and municipal authorities say large numbers of Turks have been traveling to the northeastern Aegean island specifically for this purpose over the past few months.
The economic effects of Turkey's long holiday break
"I am shocked by the tourist profile coming to Cunda these days. Where do they come from? Why do they come if they aren't going to spend any money?" That is what taxi driver from a village near the idyllic Aegean town of Ayvalık told me recently.
Arson suspected in massive forest fire near touristic Ayvalık in western Turkey
A forest fire that broke out on Aug. 17 near the Devil's Table in the Ayvalık district of the western province of Balıkesir has prompted authorities to suspect a possible arson attack.
Seven millennia-old structure discovered in Gökçeada
Excavations in the Uğurlu-Zeytinlik Mound in the northwestern province of Çanakkale's Gökçeada (Imbros) island have unearthed a 7,000-year-old structure complex as well as 13 skeletons belonging to men, women and children in a large pit.
Ancient structure discovered in Gökçeada
Excavations in the Uğurlu-Zeytinlik Mound in the northwestern province of Çanakkale's Gökçeada (Imbros) island have unearthed a 7,000-year-old structure complex as well as 13 skeletons belonging to men, women and children in a large pit.
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A Wolf Crying Wolf: How Turkey take distorted view of what’s happening beyond its borders
By George Kaklikis*
It’s nothing out of the ordinary for Turkey to take and promulgate a distorted view of what’s happening beyond its borders. The Turkish foreign ministry rebuked Greece for its statements regarding the recitation of extracts from the Koran at the Hagia Sophia museum.